Might congressional action soon restrict United States support for Saudi Arabia’s war on Yemen? Julia Conley at Common Dreams reports of a promising development in the US Senate: Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday signaled that he has the votes needed to...
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NDAA May Terminate Coronavirus Shots Mandate for Military Members
by Adam Dick | Dec 6, 2022 | Congress Alert
Mike Brest reported Tuesday at the Washington Examiner that the “House of Representatives has come to an agreement to put language in the annual defense funding bill that would end the Pentagon’s coronavirus vaccine mandate for service members against...
Democratic Leadership in Congress has Itself to Blame for Time Running Out on Approving National Marijuana Legalization
by Adam Dick | Nov 15, 2022 | Congress Alert
United States Senate member Cory Booker (D-NJ) says Republican gains in the US Congress in the midterm election mean the lame duck session ending in January is crunch time for passing national marijuana legalization. “So it’s either now, or it might be many years from...
The American People, Unlike US Congress Leaders, Are Not United for Israel
by Adam Dick | Jul 12, 2022 | Congress Alert
A Pew Research Center poll conducted in March indicates that Americans have rather evenly divided views in regard to the government of Israel. While 48 percent of polled Americans stated they have a favorable view of the Israeli government, nearly as many —...
Now Extinct: Anti-War Democrats in the House of Representatives
by Adam Dick | May 11, 2022 | Congress Alert
There was a time when some Democrats in the United States House of Representatives would speak out against and vote against US wars. Sadly, the Tuesday US House of Representatives vote on a bill (HR 7691) to spend over 40 billion dollars in pursuance of the US war on...
The AXIS Act, a Step toward World War III
by Adam Dick | Apr 25, 2022 | Congress Alert
The Axis powers, including Germany and Japan, were the foes of the United States and other Allied powers in World War II. Decades later, President George W. Bush chose to term some other nations — Iraq, Iran, and North Korea — as a new “axis of evil.” That was...
Legalizing Marijuana Is Not So Much the Goal of the US Congress Leadership’s Legalization Bills
by Adam Dick | Apr 3, 2022 | Congress Alert
Why hasn’t the United States Congress sent to President Joe Biden legislation to end the US government’s war on marijuana already? We are over four years into about two-thirds of Americans supporting marijuana legalization and majority support being reached...
How Thin is Support in the US House for Peace and Trade with Russia? 17 Votes.
by Adam Dick | Mar 10, 2022 | Congress Alert
Seventeen votes from among 433 United States House of Representatives members. That is all the support for peace or free trade with Russia that was on display in the House on Wednesday when the House passed the Suspending Energy Imports from Russia Act (HR 6968) by a...
Senate GOP helps codify Biden’s mandates by supporting his budget
by Daniel Horowitz | Feb 18, 2022 | Congress Alert
My colleague Steve Deace likes to say, “Democrats INSPIRE their base to get what they want, while Republicans CONSPIRE against their base to get what they want.” That is exactly what happened in the US Senate Thursday night. Democrats needed to pass Biden’s...
Bipartisanship: US House Races MASSIVE Ukraine Weapons Transfer to the Floor!
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 26, 2022 | Congress Alert
In Washington the global US military empire is a bipartisan affair. With a trillion dollar yearly military budget, there are plenty of opportunities for both the position and the opposition parties to thrust snouts deeply into the trough. While Ron Paul was in...
Congress’s 1/6 Committee Claims Absolute Power as it Investigates Citizens With No Judicial Limits
by Glenn Greenwald | Jan 21, 2022 | Congress Alert
In its ongoing attempt to investigate and gather information about private US citizens, the Congressional 1/6 Committee is claiming virtually absolute powers that not even the FBI or other law enforcement agencies enjoy. Indeed, lawyers for the committee have been...
In Kyiv, US Senators Promise More Weapons for Ukraine If Russia Invades
by Dave DeCamp | Jan 18, 2022 | Congress Alert
Amid simmering tensions, a bipartisan group of US Senators visited Kyiv and promised the US would provide Ukraine with more weapons if Russia invades the country.After the delegation met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Sen. Richard Blumenthal said if...
Sen. Rand Paul Dumps YouTube, Says His Goal is to ‘Quit Big Tech Entirely’
by Adam Dick | Jan 4, 2022 | Congress Alert
On Sunday, Twitter declared it had permanently banned the personal account of United States House of Representatives Member Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) in reaction to some of her posts at Twitter related to coronavirus. And she is far from alone among American...
Conscription for Women Removed from Military Bill
by Adam Dick | Dec 9, 2021 | Congress Alert
In July, I wrote an article the title of which asked this question: “Expanding Conscription to Women to Become Law this Year?” In the article, I wrote that there were indications that the final National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to be voted on this year could...
Rep. Thomas Massie’s Attempt to Save Marijuana Legalization from the MORE Act
by Adam Dick | Oct 6, 2021 | Congress Alert
A year ago, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) was pointing out that the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act being used by Democratic leadership in the United States House of Representatives as the vehicle for marijuana legalization was actually...
House Votes to Give Israel Extra $1 Billion in Military Aid
by Dave DeCamp | Sep 23, 2021 | Congress Alert
On Thursday, the House passed legislation that would give Israel an extra $1 billion in military aid. The measure passed with an overwhelming majority and now moves to the Senate. The bill passed 420-9-2, with Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Ilhan...
Expanding Conscription to Women to Become Law this Year?
by Adam Dick | Jul 21, 2021 | Congress Alert
There has been much movement in the United States government over the last few years toward women being required, like men, to register with Selective Service and thus join the pool of individuals who could be drafted into the military. Will this be the year that...
New Draft Marijuana Legalization Bill Cosponsored by Senate Majority Leader Looks Sure to Repel Needed Republican Support
by Adam Dick | Jul 18, 2021 | Congress Alert
Over the last two years, I have been writing about how the congressional Democratic leadership has stood in the way of the bipartisan effort that would be needed to adopt marijuana legalization at the national level. It has done so by choosing as its legalization...
The ‘Democrats-only’ Marijuana Legalization Bill is Back in the US House of Representatives
by Adam Dick | May 31, 2021 | Congress Alert
Over the last two years, I wrote several times regarding the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act, a bill that sought to legalize marijuana on the national level in a way that appeared to ensure almost no Republican House of Representatives or...
Mask Rebellion…On The Floor of the US House!
by Daniel McAdams | May 18, 2021 | Congress Alert
Leave it to Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) to take a stand for freedom and liberty! In open defiance of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA) rule imposing a fine of $500 (second offense $2,500) for any Member appearing on the House Floor without a face mask, Rep. Massie has...
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